Materiales

El participante adquirirá los fundamentos básicos para verificar la estructura de una obra civil o inmueble, con fundamentos basados en la normatividad vigente, procedimientos administrativos, y parámetros cuantitativos tecnológicos pertinentes.

"En muy pocas ocasiones se ha dejado que fuera el mismo Gaudí quien expusiera, llana y brevemente, sus ideas sobre arquitectura, construcción y ornamentación o sobre sus tipologías arquitectónicas preferidas: el templo y la casa." A partir de este planteamiento, Laura Mercader nos ofrece, por primera vez, una edición crítica global del legado escrito-con algunos textos todavía inéditos-de uno de los mayores arquitectos del siglo XX, una lectura fiable y genuina de los originales manuscritos o mecanografiados y un trabajo tan exhaustivo como necesario de documentación. El resultado...

In the immediate postwar years, a new type of modern architecture emerges. Beatriz Colomina presents domesticity as a potent new weapon in a changed architectural battlefield. This architecture becomes the property of the middle-class consumer bombarded with images of domestic bliss, a lifestyle campaign launched through recycled military techniques. The significance of architects like Charles and Ray Eames lies in their sensitivity to buildings and images both defining space. Colomina is Director of Princeton University's Architecture PhD program and acclaimed author of Privacy and Publicity ...

Learn the standards of effective design and installation for building systems using the performance requirements set by the industry-leading source for standards: the International Code Council?. Now available in Spanish to recognize an increasingly diverse workforce, the 2003 International Building Code - Spanish Edition offers users comprehensive coverage and time-tested safety concepts so they are well-prepared for successful, safe work in the field. In addition, structural as well as fire- and life-safety provisions are also included and span a range of topics, including means of egress,...